SECTION 1 & 2- ( 03/02/14 BALVIHAR WEEK :16)
Beginning prayers :
- Sahanaavavatu
- Meditation for 5 minutes
- Gurustotram verses 1-14th verse
Gita chanting :
- Chapter 14 - 1st to 15th verse
- Raadhe Raadhe
- Dashaavataram Stotram
Bhagavatam Time :
- Priyavrata
- Writing ‘Om’
Ending prayers and pledge :
- sarve bhavantu sukhinah
- puurnamadah purnamidam
- arati
- Pledge
Tale : Priyavrata
Priyavrata was the second son of Manu. At a very early age Priyavrata learned the spiritual truth from sage Narada and was ready to renounce the world and take sanyasa. His father, Manu wanted him to rule the kingdom but Priyavrata would not listen. One day Brahmaji appeared before him and advised him to surrender to the Divine Will of the Lord. He said that a human birth must go through the birth and death cycle, pleasure and pain, happiness and misery but should always remain unattached to the karmas. Brahmaji then added that even if man runs away from the world and its attractions, but if his mind is obsessed with passions, they will follow him where ever he goes. And thus Brahma Ji advised him to rule the land and become the king by keeping himself free from passions and desires. Priyavrata accepted His advise and became the king. He ruled the kingdom without getting attached and after long years of ruling he handed the kingdom over to his son and took the vow of sannyasa and attained moksha.
Brainstorming:
We should have the attitude of surrendering unto the Divine Will.
To explain more we told them a story of an old lady who had one son and how she took it when her only son was bitten by a snake.
Tale: God does it For Our Own Good
We heard the story of a king who had a loyal minister who would always say, "It is the Lord's wish and everything that happens, happens for the best." We learned that we should not complain and whatever happens to us is the Divine wish. When we do not complain it shows our faith in His wisdom. Please ask your children to retell the story that they heard in class.
Brainstorming:
We should have the attitude of surrendering unto the Divine Will.
To explain more we told them a story of an old lady who had one son and how she took it when her only son was bitten by a snake.
Tale: God does it For Our Own Good
We heard the story of a king who had a loyal minister who would always say, "It is the Lord's wish and everything that happens, happens for the best." We learned that we should not complain and whatever happens to us is the Divine wish. When we do not complain it shows our faith in His wisdom. Please ask your children to retell the story that they heard in class.
Gita Chanting :
The Gita Chanting registeration is open till March 20th. Please see that you register your child for the competition. Most of the kids are doing very good in chanting. Make sure that they practice at home too. Kids are supposed to memorize up to the 20th verse for the competition.
The Gita Chanting registeration is open till March 20th. Please see that you register your child for the competition. Most of the kids are doing very good in chanting. Make sure that they practice at home too. Kids are supposed to memorize up to the 20th verse for the competition.
We concluded with arati and pledge in the classroom.
Important Announcement :
Seva Project :
Our class is doing a Seva project this year during the month of March. We are preparing lunch bags for TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen). For this, we need kids to bring in a donation of 10$. We got contribution from many kids and for those who missed to give please try to bring in the coming weeks so that we can start purchasing the required items. We'll buy the food for the collected amount and then will make the kids pack the lunch bags in the class so in this way the kids will also get involved and understand the importance of sharing.
Note : Kids are supposed to bring their "My Prayers" book and their Gita Chanting handouts every week for their balavihar classes. They are supposed to bring in a note book and pencil for their likhita japa. For the Gita Chanting please do practice at home too. You can log on to Chinmayavrindavan.org.
Warm Regards,
Deepthy Aunty & Rama Aunty (Section 1)
Indira Aunty & Shrinivas Uncle (Section 2)
